Binary 2: Michael Marshall Smith - The Vaccinator: Kim Newman - Andy Warhol's Dracula

Gollancz Binary #2

by Michael Marshall Smith, Kim Newman

THE VACCINATOR by the Award-winning author of SPARES. A hilarious SF/noir satire. A hitman, a scam and a group of aliens on the make in Florida.

ANDY WARHOL'S DRACULA by the award winning author of ANNO DRACULA. Part of Newman's stunning alternate history Vampire epic this takes a vampire out of the shadows and into the self-regarding glare of a 1970's New York peopled by characters from films and real life.

Genres: Horror, Science Fiction, Short Stories, Fiction, Vampires

91 pages, Paperback

First published December 31, 1998

About the author

Michael Marshall (Smith) is a bestselling novelist and screenwriter. His first novel, ONLY FORWARD, won the August Derleth and Philip K. Dick awards. SPARES and ONE OF US were optioned for film by DreamWorks and Warner Brothers, and the Straw Men trilogy - THE STRAW MEN, THE LONELY DEAD and BLOOD OF ANGELS - were international bestsellers. His most recent novels are THE INTRUDERS, BAD THINGS and KILLER MOVE.

He is a four-time winner of the BFS Award for short fiction, and his stories are collected in two volumes - WHAT YOU MAKE IT and MORE TOMORROW AND OTHER STORIES (which won the International Horror Guild Award).

He lives in Santa Cruz, California with his wife and son.

Reviews

[L.M. Cooke]

This was my reintroduction to fiction reading, after a lengthy period reading only fact for my studies... I read Andy Warhol's Dracula first, as I've read most of Kim Newman's other works in this series. While I enjoyed the tale, details like the nods to 'real' celebrities of the time did not sit quite as comfortably with me as they might, and I didn't think this short was as good as Newman's other work in a similar vein (geddit?)

I was unfamiliar with Michael Marshall Smith and thus had no expectations. I was pleasantly surprised by the story, which unfolded quickly and intelligently, and rather disappointed that it ended so quickly. I will definitely seeking out more of this man's work.

[Donna]

Jolly good fun, both the sides!